Animation Samples

Animations from Article Entitled: A Linguistically Motivated Model for Speed and Pausing in Animations of American Sign Language

Matt Huenerfauth

Sample Animations from First Evaluation Study

The links below will display animations in Windows Media Video (WMV) format. Download Windows Media Player to view the files.

One video shows animations produced using off-the-shelf animation software, and the other
video shows an animation that has been enhanced using an algorithm we designed for introducing
speed and pausing modulations to the animation. These were shown experimentally to improve native
ASL signer's comprehension of the videos and their memory of the information content within.

Animation #1

This animation is Normal Speed, and the Sign-Duration and Pause-Insertion Algorithms have been run on it.